Even Hollywood can't find people to work

Walk into a Starbucks on any given afternoon and odds are you'll
see one to ten freelancers and dreamers writing scripts on
their shiny laptops.

You'd probably sigh — frustrated that there's no room to sit —
and silently curse the horde of nobodies aspiring to be
somebodies.

But if you'd think that there are too many people aspiring to be
in show business, you'd dead wrong.

The fact is: there actually aren't enough people working
in the entertainment business right now.

In a recent note to clients, Citi's Tobias Levkovich noted that
job openings in the US economy are looking "respectable," and
that a number of sectors, including Hollywood, are even actually
having a hard time filling jobs:

"[W]orker shortages are showing up in a number of industries
including home building, trucking, welding, code programming and
even recently in Hollywood as The
Hollywood Reporter noted in a September 2nd article
that studios are having trouble finding screenwriters, producers,
directors and film crews to handle more than 400 scripted shows."

In fact, Executives and agents told The Hollywood Reporter
that there are so many scripted original shows in production
for broadcast, cable, and streaming outlets that are all fighting
for talent.

"There's not enough people, and networks don't have the
patience," a high-level studio exec told THR.